Undead Drinks for the New Year

A while back, I asked folks to come up with their favorite drinks based on Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Requiem. I got a lot of responses. I decided to compile some of my favorites for people to help them with their New Year’s celebrations. End your year on an undead note!

(Note: I haven’t tested any of those, so I have no idea if they’re any good, but I did try to weed out obviously dangerous recipes.)

Gangrel (V:tM and V:tR)

Giovanni

Zombie

1 oz Bacardi light rum

1 oz Bacardi dark rum

1/2 oz creme de almond

1/2 oz triple sec

sweet and sour mix

orange juice

1/2 oz Bacardi 151 rum

Pour light rum, dark rum, creme de almond, and triple sec into an ice-filled hurricane glass. Almost-fill with equal parts of sweet and sour and orange juice. Top with 151 rum. Add a large straw, and serve unstirred.

Malkavian/Ventrue (V:tR)

Mind Eraser

2 oz vodka

2 oz Kahlua

2 oz tonic water

Pour vodka, kahlua, and tonic water into a glass. Serve with a straw.

Mekhet/Lasombra

The Lasombra

1 oz Grey Goose

1 oz Black Cherry Grey Goose

1 oz Chamboard

2 oz Cranberry Juice

1 oz Cointrou

3 drops Eristoff Black

Chill a martini glass with ice. Build the drink in a shaker, and shake until ice cold. Once the drink is ready, dump the ice out of the martini glass, and use an atomizer to atomize Violet Liqueur on the inside of the glass. Pour the drink, then just as you serve it, drop three drops of Eristoff Black into the glass. Watch as tendrils of black moved through the blood colored drink.

Nosferatu (V:tM)

Dirty Toilet

1/2 oz Bailey’s

1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps

1/2 oz coffee liqueur

Pour all ingredients into a glass. Add a handful of peanuts, and serve.

Nosferatu (V:tR)

Bloody Tears

Ice

4 Raspberries

1.25 oz Gin

1 splash Chambord

1 oz Lemon juice

1 oz Grenadine

Muddle the raspberries and add all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass.

Ravnos

Illusions

1 part vodka

1 part Bacardi white rum

1 part Midori

2 parts Blue Curacao

orange juice

Add all ingredients and fill the rest of the shaker with orange juice. Add ice and shake.

Toreador

The Eternal Rose

1 maraschino cherry

1 oz rose water syrup

3 oz champagne

Add cherry and syrup to champagne flute. Slowly add champagne to layer over the syrup. Serve.

Tremere

The Nectar of the Bitter Rose

2 1/2 oz gin (Death’s Door if you can get it)

1/2 oz St. Germain elderflower liqueur

1/4 oz Luxardo liqueur

2-3 dashes of orange bitters

Luxardo cherries to garnish

Mix in a glass and serve.

Tzimisce

Bleeding Vampire Nazi

4 oz Jagermeister

4 oz tomato juice

1 dash Tabasco sauce

2 dashes Worcestershire sauce

Add the tomato juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire, and Jager into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake and strain into a highball glass. Garnish with a lime wedge if you like, and serve.